Head of Design Center India

Note: We are only looking for experts that are fluent in the German language.

In an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, DB has recognized the strategic advantage of leveraging specialized expertise from different parts of the world. Two key pillars in this strategy are the DB Engineering & Consulting Design Centers located in Romania and India, which play an essential role in supporting the company's projects on the German market and increasingly international markets.

The Design Centers were established to provide a superior level of product quality for a global clientele, ensured by the best experts in the market who are continuously trained and supervised in compliance with stringent German quality principles. The establishment of these centers is a unique success story, driven by high-quality output and competitive pricing. Find out more: Design Center India.

To lead this Design Center, we are looking for a
Head of Design Center - India
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Responsibilities:

• Lead the Design Center India in accordance with customer requirements and strategic company goals, ensuring the successful execution of projects and achievement of performance targets across quality, cost and time dimensions.
• Lead the strategic positioning and market development of your product portfolio by driving high-quality product descriptions and project references, defining development requirements, and aligning initiatives with overall business objectives through close coordination across organizational units.
• Support international growth and regional sales efforts by evaluating global project opportunities, prioritizing strategic initiatives with service units, and equipping regional teams with engineering ex-pertise and standardized proposal tools to deliver competitive, technically sound offers.
• Ensure high-quality, timely, and cost-effective delivery of planning and engineering services by actively managing project execution, aligning with standards and client requirements, and monitoring perfor-mance indicators to drive continuous improvement.
• Optimize Design Center India operations and resource utilization through coordinated staffing, im-plementation of consistent quality assurance measures, and close collaboration with internal units to match expertise with project needs and uphold performance standards.
• Drive the development and continuous improvement of international planning products by aligning offerings with market needs, shaping viable business models, maintaining specialized engineering and railway expertise, and ensuring the availability of effective tools and international standards through coordination with ICT and CTO units.
• Strengthen organizational knowledge and performance by leading audits and lessons-learned reviews, analyzing customer feedback, promoting best practice sharing across teams, and implementing tar-geted training programs to build long-term competence and position the Design Center as a trusted knowledge hub.

Abilities, skills and competencies in detail:

• A university degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning, or a related technical discipline is required - particularly if it includes international or interdisciplinary engineering components.
• Several years of leadership experience, ideally in managing multidisciplinary engineering teams or international business units, with a strong focus on delivering infrastructure or rail-related planning and consulting services, and a proven track record in end-to-end project delivery across multiple regions, including the management of complex project portfolios with responsibility for quality, cost and schedule adherence.
• In-depth understanding of engineering tools, standards, and production processes relevant to rail infrastructure planning, with the ability to apply this knowledge to optimize operations and ensure continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead product and service development initiatives, particularly in translating customer needs and market trends into viable technical offerings and business models.
• Solid experience in sales strategy and customer engagement, including the ability to prepare high-quality technical proposals and actively support the acquisition of new business.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and effectively collaborate across cultural and functional boundaries.
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making abilities, coupled with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset and a high degree of personal responsibility, as well as competence in knowledge management and team development, including the planning and execution of training programs and initiatives for technical capability building.
• Fluency in German and English is essential for effective collaboration across domestic and international teams as well as customer interfaces; Willingness to relocate to Bangalore (India) and ability to work in an international context, including occasional travel and engagement with multicultural teams in various time zones.